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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Zapata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Sisko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zapata comes into the arena with Tres Delinquentes blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sisko's choice of entrance music: Crooked (Remix) by the Bassbin Twins. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 cm
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218 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
213 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alejandro Zapata! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andreas Sisko! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Zapata keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Zapata takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zapata with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sisko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zapata counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Andreas Sisko has been cut. Zapata fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sisko manages to avoid it. Zapata uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sisko. Sisko gets the takedown into side control. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Zapata is trying to control Sisko's posture but Sisko avoids it. Sisko looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Zapata is avoiding damage well.
You can see the frustration on Zapata's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. This has been an exciting period of action! Sisko with the ground and pound but Zapata regains half guard under the barage of strikes. Zapata gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sisko looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Sisko lying in Zapata's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Zapata decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Sisko taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alejandro Zapata! Alejandro Zapata really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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